A HUGE battalion of Gardes Françaises

[Arteis]

'Age of the Big Battalions' indeed!  This unit has sixty-six privates, along with four NCOs, three officer, two ensigns, and three drummers – a total of seventy-eight 28mm figures!

The process was surprisingly quick, as I painted this unit almost entirely with GW’s Contrast paints. These worked beautifully, flowing well and providing shading with no effort from me. Just look at the officer’s stockings, the wood of the muskets, and the men’s faces – this shading all happened by itself!

The figures are by Crann Tara Miniatures.

There are plenty more pics (and a video) on my blog here: https://arteis.wordpress.com/2020/03/07/a-huge-battalion-of-gardes-francaises/









More pics (and a video) here: https://arteis.wordpress.com/2020/03/07/a-huge-battalion-of-gardes-francaises/

[Arthur]

Now there's what I call a proper man-sized unit... 

By adding a few extra command stands, I imagine this large unit can be broken down into three more tabletop-friendly battalions.

[traveller]

Impressive! 

[Emir of Askaristan]

Lovely work on lovely figures.

[OB]

They look splendid.

[jambo1]

Crann Tara figures are superb and you have done a stunning job on them, they look superb!!